Clinical Trial Team Leader

Austin Health; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Wellness program

Onsite childcare

Mentoring and career development

Job summary

Austin Health’s Cancer Clinical Trials Centre (CCTC) seeks a Clinical Trials Team Leader to guide a tumour stream trials team and advance cancer research across Phase I to Phase III. You will collaborate with Principal Investigators, ensure feasibility, budgets, governance and quality across the trials portfolio.

The role emphasizes operational leadership, staff development, and alignment with CCTC’s standards, supporting a high-performing team in a major Melbourne health service.

Qualifications

• Registration as RN with AHPRA or relevant health sciences qualification.
• Experience as Clinical Trial Coordinator or CRA managing cancer trials with regulatory knowledge.
• Proven leadership in coordinating trials, staff, and budget processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and protect patient confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations of a tumour stream clinical trials team within budget.
• Partner with Principal Investigators to assess trial feasibility and coordinate meetings.
• Oversee governance, ethics, regulatory requirements, and site documentation.
• Provide leadership, coaching and development to clinical trial staff.
• Support quality improvement, audits, inspections and service development.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Regulatory knowledge

Clinical trial coordination

Budget processes

Team coordination

Microsoft Office

Patient confidentiality

Education

RN registered with AHPRA

Health Sciences background

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Part‑time leadership opportunity, 24 hours per week (3 days), with potential job-share arrangements
• Lead a tumour stream team delivering high-quality cancer clinical trials within the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness & Research Centre
• Support world‑class cancer research across a diverse portfolio of Phase I to Phase III clinical trials

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north‑east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Cancer Clinical Trials Centre (CCTC)

The Cancer Clinical Trials Centre (CCTC) is part of Austin Health Cancer Services and is recognised for excellence in the delivery of cancer clinical trials. The service manages a diverse portfolio of national and international studies, including investigator-initiated, collaborative group and pharmaceutical-sponsored trials from Phase I through to Phase III.

About the role

As the Clinical Trials Team Leader, you will lead a tumour stream team and form part of the broader CCTC leadership team. Acting as a delegate of the CCTC Manager, you will provide operational leadership, supervision, coaching and professional development to clinical trials staff while fostering a positive and high-performing team culture.

You will work closely with Principal Investigators, oversee trial feasibility and implementation activities, support governance and compliance requirements, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen the quality and effectiveness of cancer clinical research services.

A regular day will see you:

• Lead the day-to-day operations of a tumour stream clinical trials team, ensuring studies are appropriately resourced, managed and delivered within budget
• Partner with Principal Investigators to assess trial feasibility, support portfolio planning and coordinate strategic tumour stream meetings
• Oversee compliance with ICH-GCP, ethics, governance and regulatory requirements, including trial documentation and site files
• Provide leadership, coaching and professional development to clinical trial coordinators and support staff
• Support quality improvement activities, audits, inspections and service development initiatives across the clinical trials program

About you

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• Registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia or a relevant Health Sciences background
• Direct experience as a Clinical Trial Coordinator or Clinical Research Associate managing a portfolio of complex cancer clinical trials, with working knowledge of regulatory, ethical and research governance requirements
• Demonstrated leadership ability and experience managing clinical trial activities, staff coordination and trial protocol budget processes
• Demonstrated expertise in communicating and liaising effectively with key stakeholders, together with strong interpersonal, written communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to build effective multidisciplinary teams, prioritise competing workloads, maintain patient confidentiality and use Microsoft Office Suite proficiently

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Anne-Marie Woods, Manager CCTC at ***************@austin.org.au